The Saxon AfD politician Roland Ulbrich has resigned from his position as Vice President of the AfD Federal Arbitration Court. As the AfD federal association announced on its website on Wednesday, the 61-year-old is thus taking "responsibility for the content of an urgent decision" by the panel. This could give the impression that he is "adopting a concept and a legal principle of National Socialism with his jurisdiction". Ulbrich could not initially be reached for comment.
The AfD parliamentary group in the Saxon state parliament announced on Monday that it intended to expel Ulbrich from its ranks. He had "seriously violated party principles". In addition, the state executive committee, in coordination with the national leadership, applied for party expulsion proceedings. The AfD did not comment on the exact background. The party was forced to take action, it said. Ulbrich was considered a right-winger within the AfD and was also controversial within the party. He comes from Düsseldorf and is a lawyer by profession.
